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“each colour lives by its mysterious life.”
— Wassily Kandinsky
Education
2017 Present University of New South Wales, Art and Design, Master of Arts
2016 TAFE NSW Meadowbank, Museum and Galleries Practice
2015 TAFE NSW Meadowbank Open Studio Practice, Painting
2014 TAFE NSW Meadowbank Open Studio Practice, Painting
2001 University of Technology Sydney, Graduate Diploma New media
1989 University of Technology Sydney Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
Short Courses
2020 - Michelle Hiscock,
National Art School, oil painting from the Masters
2018 - Melissa Whidjaya, Natural Dyes Workshop
2018 - Kurt Schranzer, Summer School, Observational Drawing, UNSW Art and Design
2017 Vivid Expressions, Painting Course, MeadowBank TAFE
2017 Stephen Hall- Mixed Media workshop
2016 Stephen Hall - Ink and mixed media workshop
2016 Life Drawings, Lyrebird Arts Community
Organisations
2017 Member - ARC at UNSW
Art and Design
2016 Member - National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA)
2016 Copyright Agency Sydney
2015 Member - Australian Network for Art and technology
2015 Member - AIGA Professional Association for Design
2015 Member - Art Directors Club
2015 Member - International Digital Media and Arts Association
Selected Awards and achievements
2019 Finalist - Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, University of NSW Art and Design, Sydney, NSW
2018 Finalist - Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, University of NSW Art and Design, Sydney, NSW
2019 Finalist - Corner Store Gallery
8x10 Annual Show, Orange, NSW
2017 Nava Ignition Award, Awarded for Excellence in Visual Arts
2010 Bronze Medal – Premier’s Award, Public Sector, Award for excellence in illustration and design
2009 Third Place - Certificate of Creative Excellence, US International Film and video Festival, Illustration and Animation
Residencies
2020 Resident Artist , Primrose Park, Artist Studio Program, Sydney NSW
2019 Fowlers Gap, Arid Zone Reserch Station UNSW, May 20- May 28
Collections
University Of New South Wales, Sydney
Private Collections, Australia and Overseas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Coal Loader, Project 2060: Homeward Bound, March 10-21
2020 Art Space, The Concourse, La Vie En Rose, Group show, August 23 –
September 5, 2020
2020 Corner Store Gallery, Abstract Group Exhibition, May 21 – Sep 21, 2020
2019 Encountering UNSWAD MA Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019 1200k West AD_Space, Fowlers Gap Art Residency, Sydney, NSW
2019 Tales of Lyerbird The Shop Gallery, Glebe, Sydney, NSW
2019 Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award Finalists Exhibitions, Kudos Gallery Sydney, NSW
2019 Corner Store Gallery, Finalists Exhibitions, 8x10 Annual Show,
Orange, NSW
2018 Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award Finalists Exhibitions, Sydney, NSW
2018 Wallarobba Hornsby Culture and Art Centre, Out of Blue, Sydney, NSW
2017 Lyrebird Art Community, Art trail Open Studio, Sydney, NSW
2016 Brush with Frame, See Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2015 See/Saw! See Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Publications
21 May 2020 – ‘ABSTRACT’, Group Exhibition online
21 November 2019 – Group Exhibition Catalogue (print only): Encountering 2019
19 November 2019 – Group Exhibition Flyer, and room sheet (print only), 1200K West: Fowler’s Gap 2019
2018 - 2019 – Kudos Emerging,Group Exhibition, Flyer and room sheet
2018 – Out of Blue, Group Exhibition, Flyer and room sheet
2016 – Brush with Frame, Group Exhibition, Flyer and room sheet
2015 – See/Saw! Group Exhibition, Flyer and room sheet
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